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“Fay Simpson, I want to thank you for helping me find Patsey’s heart.”
Lupita Nyong’o“Thank you for creating LUCID BODY. Your approach to storytelling and unlocking the truth in the humanity of characters has been an essential game-changer in helping to deepen the creativity in my work and in my life.”
Amanda Warren“The Lucid Body is a workout for the body, but it is also a lesson in empathy both physical and emotional. I have no doubt that I left Fay’s class a better actor.”
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Meet the Lucid Body Family

Fay Simpson
Founder of the Lucid Body
Fay Simpson has been the Artistic Director and co-founder of Impact Theatre since its creation in 1990…Read More

Jamie Cool, LCSW
Lucid Body Teacher
Jamie is a licensed and practicing therapist in Houston, TX. She has studied and taught the technique of Lucid Body for over ten years…Read More

Ashley Kleinman, MA, RDT, LCAT
Lucid Body Teacher
Ashley is a certified Lucid Body who began working with Fay Simpson in 2005. Ashley started taking The Lucid Body as a movement class for actors and after a long journey of self process Read more…

Chris Maddox, B.F.A, R.Y.T.
Lucid Body Teacher
is a Certified Lucid Body Teacher and the Founder of The Wild Woman Project…Read more

Katie Knipp Willis
Lucid Body Teacher
Katie is a Certified Lucid Body Instructor who began her work with Fay in 2004. Katie has served on the Acting Faculty with the Yale School of Drama, NYU(Stella Adler Conservatory), and the Actor’s Center. Read more…

Thiago Felix
Lucid Body Teacher
Originally from Brazil, Thiago is an actor, director and a certified Lucid Body teacher. He has taught the Lucid Body technique at the Yale School of Drama in 2013 and he is a current faculty member at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York City. Read More…

Raniah Al-Sayed
Lucid Body Teacher
Raniah as an actor and writer, has worked in London, Edinburgh, New York and regionally in the U.S. Born in Saudi Arabia, raised in London, Raniah trained at the BRIT School for Performing Arts Read more…

Monika Gossmann
Lucid Body Teacher
Monika was born and raised bilingually (German and Russian) in Alma-Ata/Kasachstan. At the age of six she moved with her family to Germany. After high school she underwent three years training as a singer, dancer and musical performer at the Contemporary Dance School in Hamburg. Read more…

Shayna Freedman, BS, RYT
Lucid Body Teacher
Shayna is Lucid Body House’s resident yoga teacher. Shayna believes in the power of creativity and consciousness, and fuses artistic expression, yoga and Lucid Body as a vehicle for personal transformation. Read more…

Kennedy Brown
Lucid Body Teacher
Kennedy Brown is Head of Movement at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting in Los Angeles (www.stellaadler-la.com) where he has a thriving Movement for Actors program…Read More

Prather Rehm
Lucid Body Teacher
Prather Rehm began as a Lucid Body student at Michael Howard Studios’ summer and year conservatories. She began assisting Fay in 2004 working at Michael Howard Studios…Read More